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Teen sues South Carolina DMV after being told to remove makeup for driver's license photo

COLUMBIA — A 16-year-old in South Carolina sued the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday because the agency won’t allow him to take a driver’s license photo wearing makeup. Chase Culpepper regularly wears makeup and either androgynous or women’s clothing. During a news conference Tuesday at the Statehouse in Columbia, he told reporters that being ordered by officials to remove what they called a disguise was degrading. “I left the DMV feeling humiliated,” Culpepper said.

 

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